Presidential Faculty Fellows Program/Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PFF/PECASE)

佛罗里达大学化学系的罗伯特·T·肯尼迪教授是60名年轻的独立研究人员之一，他们获得了首个年度总统科学家和工程师早期职业奖(PECASE)。今年有20名来自国家科学基金会的PECASE奖获得者。这一享有盛誉的奖项是第一次颁发，以表彰科学和工程研究方面的卓越表现和未来成功的前景，以及获奖者在各自领域最终成为领导者的潜力。肯尼迪致力于开发和验证可在单次胞吐事件水平上测量单细胞胰岛素和黑素细胞刺激素分泌的电极，研究胞吐作用的基本原理，开发使用毛细管电泳法的快速免疫分析方法，并将毛细管电泳法与微透析采样相结合，用于体内神经递质和代谢物监测。作为一名课堂教师和实验室教师，他也因其真正的热情和出色的表现而闻名。

Professor Robert T. Kennedy of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida is one of sixty young, independent researchers to receive the first annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). There are twenty PECASE Awardees from the National Science Foundation this year. This highly prestigious award is being given for the first time in recognition of excellence and promise for future success in scientific and engineering research, and the potential for eventual leadership of the awardees in their respective fields. Kennedy has worked on the development and validation of electrodes that can measure insulin and melanocyte stimulating hormone secretion from single cells at the level of single exocytosis events, studies of the fundamentals of exocytosis, the development of rapid immunoassays using capillary electrophoresis, and in coupling capillary electrophoresis with microdialysis sampling for neurotransmitter and metabolite monitoring in vivo. He is also known for his genuine enthusiasm for and outstanding performance as a classroom and as a laboratory teacher.